One by One

I've been storing this experience up inside me for a while now, waiting for a good opportunity to really do it justice. I hope I can now...

In stake choir we sang a song called "One by One" for our stake conference in November. It's based on 3 Nephi 17 when Christ visited the Nephites, and blessed them in numerous ways.

One. One by one, every one
One by one we came to look upon our Lord
And feast upon His word
One by one

One. One by one, every one
One by one we came the halt, the blind, the lame,
He healed us in His name
One by one

He spoke what no tongue can speak
What ear hath not heard before
We saw what no eye has seen
The joys of eternity
Ah____

Then He blessed our little ones
And we were overcome
Every one
Aleluia. Aleluia. Oh gloria

One. One by one, every one
One by one we came to look upon our Lord.

The words almost don't do justice to the spirit of the song, because of the way that the music all works together, so do yourselves a favour and go and listen to it. (It's number 6 in the top section)

It really is a beautiful song. But even more than that. In our first practice, where we learnt the parts, and heard it for the first time I had the most amazing experience. Joshua comes with us to all our practices, and sits with either Andrew or I, depending on which of us can give me the most attention...

When we got to the part about when Christ blessed the little children Andrew was holding Joshua, and I looked over at them, and I caught the vision of what it must have been like to have been there when Christ came, to have Him bless my little one, and to know how much He loves all the little ones. The spirit was so strong as it bore witness to me of these things, and I was overwhelmed, as the song says. Cindy saw me crying, and thought something was wrong, but couldn't have been more wrong.

I am so grateful to know that Andrew and Joshua will be with me for eternity, that nothing can take them away from me, because of our eternal marriage. I am so grateful to know how much the Saviour loves me, and my family. I am coming to understand in very small ways that love now that I'm a parent, but I know that I won't even come close in this life.

We really are loved. I've felt that love, and I'm very grateful for the experience.